After this "parent-teacher meeting", He Zhiyuan's new knowledge not only won the support of parents, but also the news of his dream of "Taizu donating books" slowly spread in this small village and reservoir construction site. As soon as it was spread, the people in the eight villages knew about it, and the villagers respected He Zhiyuan even more.

A month later, after the construction of two or three thousand people on the construction site, a dam more than 50 zhang long has been completed, and the reservoir can be completed in less than two months according to this progress.

On the east side of the official road in the west of the village, a vacant land of about 50 acres has been cleared out of the woods adjacent to the official road, and a workshop covering an area of 15 acres is about to be completed on this vacant land.

The workshop was surrounded by a wall about one zhang high made of stone and rammed earth, and the wall was thirty-three zhang long from east to west and north to south, and it was square in all directions, and a gate was opened in the middle of the west side of the wall to the official road.

Entering through the gate, there is an east-west road with stone slabs that is more than one zhang wide. In the middle of the courtyard, there is also a road that runs in the same north-south direction. Two roads cross in the middle, dividing this courtyard into four parts. On the south side of the east-west road are six rows of civil engineering sheds, and on the east half of the north side are two rows of earth-and-stone houses, which are raw material warehouses and finished product warehouses. In the western half, there are three rows of east-west earth-stone houses, each with six households, each with a small courtyard, which is a dormitory for hired workers and nurses.

At the same time that the soap workshop was about to be completed, Zhou Fuliu was thinking about it at home in Qingzhou. The husband has been found, but he is still a child, and if she identifies her now, it will naturally be a reunion of husband and wife.

But now in the eyes of everyone, they are a son and a young lady, one is unmarried, and the other is unmarried. If the two are found to be too close, it will naturally cause criticism, and there is a danger of playing this underage little Zhengtai badly.

She also has a careful thought of her own, that is, in this life, she still wants to fall in love with him again and let him chase her again. and then show your identity, that is romantic enough, and it is not in vain to come to Daming. So based on this careful thinking, she has not revealed her true identity, but deliberately hidden.

But she can't stay at home in Qingzhou all the time and be a rich lady. I want to go to him, first, to help him, and the main reason is to watch him and not let others rob him, especially the girl next to him.

After she made up her mind, she went to her father to discuss: "Father, Uncle He's new workshop is almost completed, and Uncle He has urged Uncle He to choose the account room several times. I wonder if my father has found the right person? ”

"Not yet, now all stores are short of manpower, and it's hard to allocate manpower."

"In that case, what do you think of me going to do this book?"

"You're going?!There's no one else to accompany you, and you're living alone, which is too unreassuring. You haven't been out of the cabinet yet, so it's no longer appropriate to show your head like this. When my father heard this, he strongly objected.

"Father, we invested 20,000 taels of silver over there, which is not a small number. Just find someone from your own family to go over there. Let's discuss with Uncle He to build a yard over there, and we often live there. Then I can live there permanently. ”

Zhou Xuhai heard his daughter say this, and thought to himself: Since she came back last time, this girl seems to have changed as a person. The mood is also better, and there are more words, and today I took the initiative to ask to go to the He family to do the account room, it seems that my daughter has taken a fancy to the boy of the He family.

He decided to try his daughter, so he asked tentatively: "Fu Liu, you are so active to go over there to do the account, do you have something on your mind?" ”

"What a thing!" Hearing this, Zhou Fuliu's face turned red for a moment, and he immediately lowered his head.

Zhou Xuhai laughed and said: "I think the He family kid is good, he has to be a good man at a young age, he has so many ideas, he is old-fashioned, and he is also smart." With my daughter's appearance, she is more than enough to match him. ”

"He's two or three years younger than me, and he's still a kid."

"Female junior, hug the gold brick." Zhou Xuhai said: "Tell your mother about this, and she will definitely agree." ”

Zhou Fuliu lowered his head and whispered shyly: "However, my father can't go to the He family to mention this matter now, it's like being so on the pole that people think that I can't get married." ”

"That's nature. But you're not too young, so you have to ask the He family to take the initiative to mention this matter. ”

In the evening, Zhou Xuhai and his wife discussed this matter, but Mrs. Zhou hesitated: "How much insight does this country show have?" Based on our daughter's appearance, did you wronged her? ”

"You haven't seen this kid, and with my years of experience in knowing people, I think it's definitely very human. In the future, he will definitely be able to raise people and jinshi in the examination, and his talent and learning are by no means comparable to our willows. If we get this family business, it will be very beneficial to our Zhou family. ”

"What about the son-in-law?"

"If there is a son-in-law who lives in a high position in the temple, can't he compare to a son-in-law? Why are you so confused? I think that, according to what my daughter said, I discussed with He Lichang and built a big courtyard with five entrances over there, and I will live there permanently in the future. ”

Mrs. Zhou heard her husband praise him so much, and she was a woman, so she had no idea, so she no longer objected.

Two days later, Zhou Xuhai took Zhou Fuliu to He Shaoyun's house again. After everyone sat down, Zhou Xuhai first spoke: "Brother He Xian, there are two things to do this time. One is about the selection of the account room for our new workshop. I plan to let the little girl come here to do the account room, Fu Liu has been smart since she was a child, went to private school for a few years, and then studied at home for many years, her talent is no less than his brother, but it is a pity that the daughter is a person, otherwise she can be admitted to the exam. ”

Although He Shaoyun felt in his heart that it was a bit awkward to let a girl who had not left the cabinet do the account, this was the Zhou family's business after all, so he didn't let him see his thoughts at all, and agreed with his mouth.

"The second thing is my personal matter, the old man wants to buy a piece of land in the village and build a five-entry courtyard, and we will often come to live in the future. But now I am troublesome with Brother He Xian to find a place to live for the little girl, and take shelter for the time being. ”

"These things are easy to do, find a spacious place near the roadside in the west of the village and buy it, and you can build it casually. It just so happened that the reservoir site was almost completed, and it was easy to find people who built houses. If you don't like it, you can stay in my house for a while, and then go over when the house is repaired. ”

Zhou Xuhai looked at He Shaoyun's house, which was leaking everywhere, and said, "Brother He Xian didn't plan to build a bigger yard?" I see your house is crowded. It is only more than a thousand taels of silver to build a five-entry courtyard, and with He Xiandi's current financial resources, he can afford to repair it. ”

After Zhou Xuhai said this, He Shaoyun also felt that his small courtyard was indeed a little simpler, and in the future, the scale of the workshop was larger, and there were more guests, and it was really shabby to entertain guests in such a small courtyard. So he said: "On the vacant land on both sides of the official road in the west of the village, simply take out ten acres of land, build two five-entry courtyards side by side, and build a garden shared by two families." ”

"Then let's decide, how much does this land cost?"

"Hey, between our brothers, don't mention this little money again."

The two exchanged polite words, and Zhou Xuhai asked again: "This time, I didn't see my nephew." Did he go to the state to study? ”

"The child didn't go to the state to study. He is now teaching in the school hall and usually does not come back for dinner at noon. He Shaoyun replied truthfully.

"Oh? How did he become a teacher? Won't you take the township exam next year? Zhou Xuhai was surprised.

He insisted on taking leave to study at home, boasting that Haikou didn't need to go to the state to study, and he would be able to pass the exam next year. And promised me that if I didn't get high next year, I would go to the state to study. I couldn't twist him, so he went. Because the gentleman in the village resigned, the temporary representative of the gentleman taught in the school. I read while teaching in the school. ”

"Oh, he's still young, and it doesn't hurt to take the township exam two years later. With the talent of a virtuous nephew, it is inevitable to get the middle. ”

After Zhou Xuhai had lunch at He's house, he left the willows and herbs and returned to the city.

After Zhou Xuhai left, Chen quietly said to her husband: "Do you say that Boss Zhou has taken a fancy to our family?" ”

"What?!" He Shaoyun asked in astonishment.

"No, no, you're wrong again. I mean, does Boss Zhou want Zhiyuan to be his son-in-law? Chen hurriedly changed his words, and then said: "If that's the case, it's too good, look at Miss Zhou's handsomeness." Not tall, not short, not fat or thin, with fine skin and tender flesh, just like the people in the painting. ”

He Shaoyun pursed his lips and said, "You just dream, you are a young lady from a big family." How can it be that the door is not the right one? She's here to make the bookkeeper. ”

"That's not easy to say, haven't you heard that Boss Zhou has been praising our family Zhiyuan? It seems that this time the young lady took the initiative to come to be the bookkeeper. Maybe, Miss also takes a fancy to Zhiyuan. Chen said with a smile.

When He Shaoyun heard her say this, he also felt that this was the case. But people don't like their son, and they say it twice. He told Chen: "Think about it in your heart, but you can't act recklessly. If people didn't mean that, wouldn't it make everyone embarrassed? ”

"You know, I don't talk nonsense. But in the future, I will treat Miss Zhou as a daughter-in-law who has never passed through the door. Chen readily agreed.

After school in the afternoon, He Zhiyuan sat down to write a math textbook before it was too early to see the time. Before he knew it, it was dark in the house, and there was a light rain outside, so He Zhiyuan picked up an umbrella and hurried home.

In the drizzle of early spring, the weeping willows by the creek in front of the village were already dyed a faint green, and patches of grass sprouted on the ground.

The people on the reservoir site have also dispersed, and the noise of the day has stopped, and the small village hidden in the drizzle and hazy seems to be particularly quiet and peaceful. The thin river flowed silently, and the drizzle gently sprinkled on the oil-paper umbrella, He Zhiyuan walked along the path by the river, as if returning to the small village in his childhood memories in his previous life.

As he walked, he saw two women standing under a willow tree with umbrellas and looking out at the river. What a familiar figure. He walked on, and slowly came behind them, when he heard a woman say, "Miss, do you have a crush on him?" ”

"What's the point, what nonsense are you talking about? Be careful I tear your mouth! Although Zhou Fuliu's mouth was hard, the red glow on her face betrayed her heart.

"Then you don't stay at home in Qingzhou and go to such a small village as an account? Don't think I don't know your little thoughts. ”

"If you talk nonsense, I'll really tear it up." Saying that, Zhou Fuliu turned around and started to fight with the woman next to him.

Suddenly, they saw He Zhiyuan standing not far behind them at the same time, and stopped playing in shock. They were silent for a while, and the scene was a little embarrassing.

"Meet Mr. He, I heard that you are a gentleman in the academy?" Or Zhou Fuliu reacted faster and broke the embarrassment first.

"Miss Zhou, why did you come here?" He Zhiyuan asked rhetorically.

"My young lady is here to use it as a tent room, and if she doesn't leave in the future, she will live in your house." Vanilla replied preemptively, slightly teasingly.

Zhou Fuliu glanced at the vanilla and said, "My father asked me to help Uncle He take care of the accounts, and I will temporarily live at my son's house during this time." As he spoke, his face was slightly shy, and his cheeks were slightly red.

At this time, her skin is better than snow, her eyes are like a pool of clear water, when she looks forward to it, she has an elegant temperament, and she is quite seductive and spiritual, and people can't help but dream.

A master and a servant stand in the dusk drizzle with umbrellas, like a beautiful picture. He Zhiyuan looked at her with a heart-pounding feeling, and suddenly remembered the first half of a poem, as for where he read it, he couldn't remember. couldn't help blurting out: "When we meet, we don't say anything, a hibiscus is in the autumn rain." The small halo is red and the tide is slanted, and the heart is only phoenix. ”